Who Can Win in November?

I meant to add that I too went through a course of chemotherapy a while ago. The difference, though, I tried to avoid complicated issues that required full cognitive abilities. Doesn't look like you followed suit. I do wish you good health and a return to full cognitive function. In the meantime, you'd do better than to weigh in on the nuances of the 2008 race.

This article is so out of date. I wonder why the editors are recommending it?

Obama is no longer electable. He just sent out a letter to hunters in PA all about how pro-second amendment he is, but he has been given an F rating by the NRA. Check out his gun control position at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Barack_Obama

Maybe Clinton isn't a big hunter, but at least she knows hunters, and knows what hunting is about. Someone would probably have to explain what a tagged duck was to Obama.

And no doubt Clinton knows how to gut a fish. The year Hillary Rodham graduated from college, instead of all expense paid travel abroad, she went to work. She worked her way across Alaska, washing dishes in Mount McKinley National Park and sliming salmon in a fish processing cannery in Valdez (which fired her when she complained about unhealthy conditions).

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Hillary says she "knows guns" so why back in 1999 posted in the New York times is she against guns?????? Guess she is telling little white 'FIBS" AGAIN?????

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4 of the so called "top tier" are on this list : Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Barack Obama ,Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Governor Mike Huckabee..... http://www.judicialwatch.org

THis was comment three days ago.
eddiewhere @ 01/01/2008 3:37:52 AM
Comment: NO ONE LIKES BEING CAUGHT WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN. EXPERIENCE.AND JUDGEMENT. WHAT CAN HILLARY DO THAT OBAMA CANNOT. THIS IS THE QUESTION I HAVE BEEN ASKING MYSELF. I THINK THE WORLD WILL WELCOME OBAMA AND AT LEAST GAVE HIM A FAIR CHANCE. REPUBLICANS WILL SWALLOW THEIR PRIDE AND WORK WITH OBAMA. THEY WILL NEVER DO THAT WITH HILLARY. HILLARY AND EDWARDS ARE GOOD PEOPLE, HOWEVER THEIR VOTING RECORD AND THEIR LACK OF COURAGE HAS LEAD ME TO QUESTION WHETHER THEY HAVE THE RIGHT INSTINCTS AND JUDGEMENT TO BE IN OFFICE. I REALLY THINK THEY WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE UNDER AN OBAMA PRESIDENCY. OBAMA WILL NOT TRY AND CONTROL EVERYTHING.
sANDY, EDWARDS IS DESpERATE. thIS MAN FOLLOWED JOHN KERRY. HE WILL DO AND SAY ANYTHING. EVEN IF HE MEANS IT NOW IT IS TOO LATE. OBAMA AND CLINTON ARE TOO SMART, THEY KNOW THAT WHAT YOU SAY TODAY COULD FINISH YOU TOMORROW. ONLY A CANDIDATE WITH NOTHING TO LOSE WILL SAY WHAT EDWARDS IS SAYING. WHAT HAS HE DONE. BE HONEST. HILLARY IS pROUD THAT SHE WENT AGIANST HER pRINCIpLES TO GIVE BUSH A BLANK CHECK. WHY. IT WAS GOOD FOR WESTERN NEW YORK. HILLARY IS NOT STUpID IF THE WAR HAD NEGATIVE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES IN BUFFALO, SHE WOULD HAVE VOTED AGAINST IT. TRANSpARENCY IS SOMETHING NIETHER pARTY WANTS. NO ONE LIKE GETTING CAUGHT WITH THEIR pANTS DOWN AND THEN LECTURED ABOUT JUDGEMENT CALL..
DO YOU THINK BILL WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA OR HUCKABEE IN THE NEXT ELECTION

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This article recieved the most comments all year How to Beat Hillary Clinton http://www.newsweek.com/id/71000
http://www.newsweek.com/id/74472, Holy War, was also an article I recieved many comment on. My comments are meant to provide awareness to the voter.

This is the comment I posted a couple of day agos. I am an American and I know my people. ALL My analysis were correct and backed by facts. I proved to be the most accurate going back months. Hopefully, people will learn that if you research and back your arguments with facts you will find the truth. I like Hillary and Edwards but they need to understand that they cannot overcome their records, they sold out to the same forces that have been "Punishing us for the last decade . Edwards cannot implement what he says and Hillary is haunted by the bill thing that is why she has to be careful not to go to negative. I will offer my advise on what the losers should do tomorrow. NO ONE LIKEs BEING CAUGHT WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN. OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT. DcooPer and deeP thinker you should study THE LIKEABILITy FACTOR and understand that I know more than all these Political Pundits and . Phd's. Did you see kieth OBEIRMAN and all those funny PeoPle on MSNBC. THey are dumb. They really looke devastated. Everything they believed in and all their Pundits were wrong. They were so one sided, Hillary. THe media has to recognize that more and more PeoPle do not believe them. They rePresent corPorations who have been indoctrinating us to sPene like wild animals and go into debt. DEbt financing. YOu know with CHINA. Everyone should read my comments and decide for temselves. Mitt Romney is a true clown just like Guilliani. His lies make me weeP like I said all along. His solution to health care is too offer Packagaes which PeoPle cannot afford. This man has just fliP floP too much and has followed the BUSH DOCTRINE. THAT EX Pired two years ago. I look forward to seeing his comPlete defeat in a couPle of weeks. Romney does not rePresent change HENRY TAFT BENSON. MY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE MIRAGE. OBAMAMcCain for President. I backed every Post with facts. I am a Proud graduate of UMD in Maryland. I graduated four years ago and I am Part of a movement behind OBAMA that wants the best for ALL AMERICANS, EVEN GINGRICH and some of my friends who ridiculed my Posts. I have also had a loyal following of comment makers including suPPorters of all Parties. GOd Bless America.they have awaken a sleePing GIANT.
eddiewhere @ 01/02/2008 4:21:43 AM
Comment: Deep Thinker, Obama has been a success his whole life, He is far beyond his years and has always excelled above his peers. You need to research his eight years as an Illinois state senator. Obama is very intelligent and has proven it time and time again. He never got a free handout. He worked hard and accomplished more than anyone else his age in his field. That is a fact. What has Obama done that makes you think that he is not ready to be president, deep thinker. NO ONE LIKES BEING CAUGHT WITH THEIR PANTS DOWN. OBAMA/McCain ticket for President. We can move forward or we can go backwards. It is your choice.

I have to chime in. I'm an Obama supporter from Illinois, living in L.A. That aside, it's deeply troubling to me that Ron Paul is excluded from articles like these, and polls, and debates. It's terribly embarrasing that the media would play into this kind of exclusion. I understand he has his work cut out for him getting elected by people he plans to put out of work (the federal reserve, the f.b.i., the C.I.A, etc.), but not allowing him to compete, or attempting to marginalize him without a fair shot is symptematic of a very frightening shift in our great country. I may not vote for him, but I want him to be heard. Shame on you.

Hmm... You're missing Ron Paul

Pro
The only anti-war candidate in the GOP. Brings knowledge of *real*, unifying issues - like sound money and noninterventionist foreign policy - to the table when all others are blabbing about man-on-man marriages and immigrants "stealing" jobs, arguments that are only divisive. As a ten-term congressman, has showed unwaivering consistency and demonstrated pricelessness in face of lobbyist money.

Con
Panned by the mainstream media, who fear for their own tails, he lacks visibility that would draw more people to his positions (which aren't determined by poll numbers). At 72, he would be an old-timer - though that doesn't seem to be detrimental to young voters currently supporting him as he's in-touch with Teh Internets and such.

Bottom Line
He's likely the only GOP candidate that is possibly electable in a year when nearly 3/4 of the country want out of Iraq. He's simultaneously further left on the war than most of the D candidates and further right on traditionally-conservative issues than all other R candidates.

This is garbage. Clinton cannot and will not win a general election and anyone who thinks so is too far removed from the average American to be writing about politics. Spend a week outside New York, California or Florida and you will see that Clinton is a big loser come November. Dems had better wake up and nominate John Edwards, or we will lose another one.

First off - I miss your weekly interviews on Al Frankin show.
But I disagree with your analysis of Edwards, time and time again - When he is put out there in head to head match ups with the Rep in a general election scenario - He out performs the other dems 9/10ths of the time in all kinds of different states, like Virginia.

Miss you on Al Frankin show... That being said
Your analyst has alot of good - however, I think you are wrong on Edwards. Poll after Poll - nation wide - he comes out a "most electable" when the top tier candidates are put against each other (DEM v REP). So the electability has already been polled - not on Dems only or Rep only - but head to head match ups.

Personally, I'd love to see Bloomberg run as an Independent and Ron Paul run for whichever party (Reform, Libertarians, Taxpayer, Constitutionalist) can grab him. Then, Americans might get rid of this WWF two-party, bad-guy-good-guy myth that that currently subscribe to. Bloomberg will grab a lot of people from the center. Paul will maintain his hard-core folks and pick up a lot more if the media gives him time. Whether or not you like his ideas, the reality is they appeal to a reasonable percentage of people who hear them. The upcoming economic mess will make people a little more skeptical of the status quo.

If had to handicap the primaries, I'd say Obama and Romney win. In that case, I think this would be the popular vote in my fantastical 4-way race:

Obama 37%
Bloomberg 25%
Romney 20%
Paul 18%

Why are Dodd and Richardson on the list of plausible candidates, but Ron Paul (who has more way more money, more poll numbers, and more volunteers than either of them) is excluded? Oh, that's right, you work for Newsweek.

As far as electability goes, I really think Edwards has the best shot of the leading three Dems. Hillary just doesn't wear well. There are so many anti-Hillary folks out there and I think they will become more and more vocal. She is as slick and smart as Bill when it comes to double-speak, but she just isn't as charming. Obama seems like a flash-in-the-pan. There's not a lot of substance behind the style. I wanted to like him, but I can't. Edwards has the most substance. While I don't agree with most of his ideas, he has a lot of them and I don't mind listening to him over and over.

On the Republican side, I think it is a mess. Giuliani's fade will continue as his answers become more and more tired. Huckabee might get the evangelicals out, but he might also get the anti-evangelicals out. He has also come out and said that he doesn't think the government has any role in the mortgage crisis. That will kill him long term as more and more Americans get hammered directly or indirectly by the upcoming economic disaster. They will make him look like a meanie which will ruin his whole feel-good image. McCain would do very well against Obama if the media can continue to confuse the American people into thinking U.S. foreign policy is working. He might be the most bulletproof because his voting record is just so confusing. Romney is interesting. He reminds me of a game show host. And when I think of it, game show hosts are usually really annoying, but eventually you except their weirdness. Think of Bob Barker. Romney might be able to speak most intelligently about the impending financial issues we face and he is good at the "I'll protect you from the evil-doers" song and dance.

Why are Dodd and Richardson on the list of plausible candidates, but Ron Paul (who has more way more money, more poll numbers, and more volunteers than either of them) is excluded? Oh, that's right, you work for Newsweek.

As far as electability goes, I really think Edwards has the best shot of the leading three Dems. Hillary just doesn't wear well. There are so many anti-Hillary folks out there and I think they will become more and more vocal. She is as slick and smart as Bill when it comes to double-speak, but she just isn't as charming. Obama seems like a flash-in-the-pan. There's not a lot of substance behind the style. I wanted to like him, but I can't. Edwards has the most substance. While I don't agree with most of his ideas, he has a lot of them and I don't mind listening to him over and over.

On the Republican side, I think it is a mess. Giuliani's fade will continue as his answers become more and more tired. Huckabee might get the evangelicals out, but he might also get the anti-evangelicals out. He has also come out and said that he doesn't think the government has any role in the mortgage crisis. That will kill him long term as more and more Americans get hammered directly or indirectly by the upcoming economic disaster. They will make him look like a meanie which will ruin his whole feel-good image. McCain would do very well against Obama if the media can continue to confuse the American people into thinking U.S. foreign policy is working. He might be the most bulletproof because his voting record is just so confusing. Romney is interesting. He reminds me of a game show host. And when I think of it, game show hosts are usually really annoying, but eventually you except their weirdness. Think of Bob Barker. Romney might be able to speak most intelligently about the impending financial issues we face and he is good at the "I'll protect you from the evil-doers" song and dance.